All political shirts have irony in their futures. I was very happy to buy a "Viva Bush" shirt from the 2004 campaign, in full knowledge that it would come in handy for an un-W-related moment or two in the future.

Now, 5 years later, finalizing my papers to head up to Hill St. and file my divorce petition in about 20 minutes, I see that future taking the shape of a trip to a nudie bar with some friends, wearing the "Viva Bush" shirt. See, you just have to know the possibilities at the time of purchase. "Viva Bush" was a real no-brainer.

As well it should be. Whether a person is “left” or “right” or whether that person is the tasty vanilla cream-based frosting in between, politically earnest persons are the salt of the Earth and the backbone of this Great Nation of ours, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that two wrongs don’t make a right but three rights make a left.

And if you know what’s right, you won’t get left behind. And there’s nothing worse than leaving something behind on your behind.

But what of Obamamanman? Where’s his piece of the American Dream Pie?

Don’t ask me, I’m still trying to get the ambiguity out of the box.

But one thing I know, and know damn well, if there were a little kid stuck in a well, Obama Man would arrive in a nick of time, full of nicotine.

"Does the shirt have some special feature to make it's wearer LOOK LIKE Obama? Or was your cousin already that way."

Glad somebody noticed. The kid is a dead ringer.

Not clear how old the handsome young fellow is, but is Althouse sure he's not being ironic? Is it ok if he's just being silly? Or youthfully exuberant? Anyway, good looking kid. Hope his life turns out great.

Stupid liberals in Hashville - stop the presses! That place is an embarrassment. It's a shame that so many tourists form their impression of NC based on their time in that zone of burned out hippies and their offspring.

I have a bumper sticker that reads, "End Overpopulation, Support Socialized Medicine." I'm afraid to put it on my car because there are too many people in my area who would think both that I was being serious and that it was a great idea.

Whenever I get too disgusted with the short-sighted, mouth breathing idiocy that passes for criticism of Obama these days-- see the ham flap currently spotlighted on drudge-- I am immediately cheered up by the fact that we are only 6 months into his first term.

Plenty of time for people to think hard and come up with some substantive critique.

Since some think the original "Fascism" tag was appropriate, how about a "Fashion is like fascism" tag? It sures seems that way to me since my wife dresses me, and I don't follow the trends (and seldom wear shorts).

Not too fond of the subject matter, but I am a fan of the artist, Alex Ross. The man is one of the top comic book artists out there today, best known for his work on the book "Kingdom Come" (with writer Mark Waid)

Since they will be the ones bearing a huge burden from his policies this is only fitting.

If they can find a job eventually, then they will pay the high Obama taxes. If they can't find a job, then at least they'll have free healthcare (which they don't really need at this point in their lives) and clean energy (which they'll have anyway because they can't afford cars to drive or gas to put in the cars).

"Unironically" isn't fair to the kid. He may not be lampooning the Obama-messiah-meme (blah boring blah) in the political way that you would call ironic, but it isn't like he actually believes Obama has laser eyes.

How square do you need to be to think irony is strictly binary? Even Huckabee and Chuck Norris get that. Its clear from his expression that he thinks its a funny shirt.

Well I figure that it's about time for me to weigh in on my picture...

First...Thanks to all of you who called me handsome. It was very flattering.

Second...Ann is completely right in posting "unironic(al)". I am a full fledged Obama supporter who believes he has the chance to be one of the greatest presidents of all time. That being said, do I think he will be able to be America's superhero [aka conquer every issue]? No, but I have faith he will lead us in the right direction. Few, if any, other presidents have entered into their presidencies with such a plethora of problems. Not to mention Obama must deal with a partisan, immature, greedy Congress. Never has politics been more about money. All these politicians do is sit around and play the "blame game" in order to make themselves and their party look better. It is pathetic.

Third...Give Obama time. To all of those naysayers, I'd like to hear their alternative plans to get us out of this mess. He is doing what he can, and for the most part is making the right moves. Global Warming is being addressed, the stimulus money will really begin to have an affect next year, gay rights will soon be fully equalized, he's trying to curtail military spending, and universal health care is looking more plausible than ever.

It has only been 6 months. Did all of you "former" Obama supporters expect a miracle? Our countries are complex, which requires a complex method to fix them. Luckily we have an incredibly intelligent, charismatic president surrounded by similarly intelligent people to get the job done.